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It was bins that brought the residents of Wimbledon Chase together. During the summer, the local council announced that it was introducing wheelie bins for recycling waste — and the London suburb got vocal.

The plan sparked more than 1,000 messages from the 600 or so residents on the Nextdoor social networking app — from indignation about cumbersome receptacles plonked in front gardens, and support for the move, to people wondering if a pizza box can be recycled. (The consensus was that it can, even if stained or greasy, so long as it’s empty.)

Nextdoor is a free private network for neighbourhoods, launched in America in 2011 and rolled out here two years ago. Using the website (nextdoor.co.uk) and app, you can meet your neighbours…

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